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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1875
Page
2
Colonial and financial items span Cuba indemnity awards to Joaquin Deangelica and Pedro Islohera, stock market dips, Turkish reform pressures, Servian militia loans, and the Prince of Wales visit. Also reports shipwrecks near Cuba, French revenue, Russian frontier moves, and postal statistics with widespread European disturbances.
Reports describe forged tickets tied to Illinois Central Railroad and a Pacific shipwreck with survivors Neal O Haley and Henry Jelly amid a series of disasters. Earthquakes shake Missouri and Kansas while a fire aboard City of Wataye near Galveston claims lives. Political and religious disputes expand as Beecher inquiry proceeds and ministers form committees.
The New York Journal reprints Stanley letters from London arguing Victoria Nyanza is a single lake with Speke noting its islands and peninsula. He describes slave dealer conflicts on the lake, an attack by 100 natives, and a naval review at Nisagura with 2,500 rowers and 300 royal wives watching. The King near Micsas governs 2,000,000 subjects and aims to civilize Africa.
A collage of ecclesiastical and educational items discusses Rev Dr Storfa of Arddkiyn accepting a call from the Qld Brick Church in New York. It covers Protestant missions in Mexico, Baptist association stats, St Johns Church Wheeling debt sale, and a New York Tribune discussion on girls education and church union efforts. It also notes historic church and school funding figures and Sunday school work of 1945.
The article reports county and township results across Illinois with Republican gains in several counties and Democratic wins in Green County. It notes a Peoria mayoral result, a Chicago homicide case, postal changes, and local missing person and extortion case mentions, plus a reversed Supreme Court decision on a railroad extortion suit and ongoing trials in Springfield.
Fragmentary report suggests a Boston station discovery of something valued at least $10. The text mentions selectmen, a gold list, and a $10 tally for New Milford with 90 cents in pocket. Details are unclear and partially garbled.
An advertisement extols Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy as the best cure for catarrh with symptoms like dull headaches and nasal discharge. It claims the medicines, including Golden Medical Discovery and a nasal douche, correct blood issues and cleanse diseased nasal passages, sold by druggists.
A description of the general symptoms of a wasting illness with liver and kidney involvement, including low spirits foul breath scanty urine headaches stomach distress and a dry hacking cough. The text promotes Smarer Extract of Roots as a remedy and lists A J White 319 Pearl Street New York as seller with agents wanted.
An advertising page lists Scomnce's PutmMonte Synop and Scoynox remedies for consumption coughs and dyspepsia, plus Liver Cure pills and Sea Weed Tonic with claims of curing consumption and improving digestion. It notes Dr Schena at Six7s and Anon Streets Philadelphia for consultations. A Johnson's Anodyne Liniment recommendation follows, with local notes about Barnes House in Chicago and cheap hair dressing.
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